by E. E. Charlton-Trujillo (Author)
Winner of a 2014 Stonewall Book Award
Her sister was captured in Iraq, she's the resident laughingstock at school, and her therapist tells her to count instead of eat. Can a daring new girl in her life really change anything?
Angie is broken -- by her can't-be-bothered mother, by her high-school tormenters, and by being the only one who thinks her varsity-athlete-turned-war-hero sister is still alive. Hiding under a mountain of junk food hasn't kept the pain (or the shouts of "crazy mad cow ") away. Having failed to kill herself -- in front of a gym full of kids -- she's back at high school just trying to make it through each day. That is, until the arrival of KC Romance, the kind of girl who doesn't exist in Dryfalls, Ohio. A girl who is one hundred and ninety-nine percent wow A girl who never sees her as Fat Angie, and who knows too well that the package doesn't always match what's inside. With an offbeat sensibility, mean girls to rival a horror classic, and characters both outrageous and touching, this darkly comic anti-romantic romance will appeal to anyone who likes entertaining and meaningful fiction.
Author Biography
e. E. Charlton-Trujillo is an award-winning filmmaker and YA novelist. They live in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Number of Pages: 272
Dimensions: 1 x 8.1 x 5.6 IN
Publication Date: March 12, 2013
Award: Stonewall Book Award (2014)
Award: Lambda Literary Awards (2014)
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Fat Angie
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 8
